E.W. Scripps

SSP

Market cap $323M

CINCINNATI, Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) will report fourth-quarter 2025 operating results after the markets close on Wednesday, Feb. 25.

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (the “Company” or “Sinclair”) today made the following statement in response to The E.W. Scripps Company's (Nasdaq: SSP) (“Scripps”) rejection of the Company's proposal for a potential combination with Scripps: “We are disappointed that despite Scripps encouraging Sinclair to make a proposal, Scripps' board rejected the proposal without engaging. Our proposal was based on previous discussions and was responsive to concerns about Scripps'.

U.S. broadcaster E.W. Scripps' board on Tuesday unanimously rejected Sinclair's $622 million acquisition proposal, saying it was not in the best interests of the company and its shareholders.

Local TV station owner E.W. Scripps said Tuesday that its board of directors has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid by larger rival Sinclair Inc. Scripps, whose assets also include the Ion broadcast network, said the board's decision was unanimous. It followed Sinclair's disclosure last month that it had taken an 8.

Scripps said its board voted unanimously against the proposal, deciding it wasn't in the best interest of the company and its shareholders.

There's a frenzy of merger and acquisition activity in the media industry as cord-cutting has upended the economics. Broadcast station owners like Nexstar and Sinclair want in on the action.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The E.W. Scripps Company's (NASDAQ: SSP) board of directors has approved the adoption of a limited-duration shareholder rights plan following the public disclosure of an unsolicited, non-binding acquisition proposal for the company.

U.S. broadcaster Sinclair has offered to buy E.W. Scripps in a cash-and-stock deal that values its smaller rival at $538 million, as cord-cutting and competition from streaming services lead to consolidation in the media industry.

Scripps said it will carefully review and evaluate the proposal.

The FCC has moved to loosen restrictions on local TV ownership, and remove caps on how many TV stations one company can own, which could pave the way for a Sinclair-Scripps merger